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87 Sep 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to John Major ("PES: Independent Oversight of Broadcasting Programme Standards") [portrayal of sex and violence] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Independent Oversight of Programme Standards") [oversight of portrayal of sex and violence on TV] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting policy: time for a rethink?") ["nagging feeling that our policy, post-Peacock, is not quite right"] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("Broadcasting: independent oversight of progamme standards") [supports statutory Broadcasting Council, with stronger remit than Hurd proposes] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 15 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Andy Bearpark minute to Hurd PS ("Independent Oversight of Programme Standards") [case for establishing a broadcasting council] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 18 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [review of ITV arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 20 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [IBA's commitment to change may have been underestimated] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 25 Fr	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("BBC") [MT's speech in Birmingham] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 25 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("MISC 128: 29 September 1987") [auctioning of ITV contracts, franchise ownership, C4 changes] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 28 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("ITV System: Networking") [need for a review, independent of the IBA] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 28 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC 128: Broadcasting") [a new regulatory structure for broadcasting] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 28 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Norgrove note to MT (ITV franchises) [ownership of multiple franchises] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Sep 30 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill") [case for proceeding more slowly with legislative timetable] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 1 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Timetable for Broadcasting Legislation") [White Paper, independent studies, radio frequencies] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 10 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Young minute to Geoffrey Howe ("External Television Broadcasting") [placing BBC and ITN on an equal footing] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 12 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [IBA's work on the system] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 14 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("MISC 128") [legislation timetable, ITV, radio, subscription TV] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 16 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Independent Production Initiative") [BBC and IBA have given the commitments asked for] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 21 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to David Young ("Networking of ITV Programmes") [draw up criteria against which IBA could develop proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 22 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Nigel Lawson ("Television Licence Fee Increases") [announcement of new fees] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 26 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Broadcasting Legislation: MISC 128(87)10") [timing of legislation, inclusion of ITV and C4 changes in bills] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 27 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Independent Production Initiative") [continue work on legislation as a last resort to compel broadcasters] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 27 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC 128 Broadcasting") [creating more competition in TV will not be easy] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 27 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("MISC 128 - Reform of the ITV System") [opening ITN to outside investors] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 27 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Independent Production Initiative: Minute by the Home Secretary of 16 October") [voluntary arrangement for meeting 25 percent production target] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 27 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Reform of the ITV System: MISC 128(87)12, 11, 9 and 8") [outside investors, auctioning of ITV franchises] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 29 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cabinet Office minute to David Norgrove ("MISC 128") [ITV issues] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Structure of Broadcasting") [proposal to replace existing authorities with one body] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Oct 30 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("External Television Broadcasting") [BBC plans for a world TV news service] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 2 Mo	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Norgrove minute to Hurd PS ("Structure of Broadcasting") [operation of IBA] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 5 Th	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to MT ("External Television Broadcasting") [ITN do not think public money should be called on for a world TV news service] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 6 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("External Television Broadcasting") [MT sees problems in making public funds available to BBC and not ITN] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 9 Mo	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Geoffrey Howe ("External Television Broadcasting") [avoid any arrangement that would put ITN at a disadvantage to BBC internationally] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 10 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Geoffrey Howe ("External Television Broadcasting") [not convinced latest proposal meets intended objectives] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 12 Th	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: David Young minute to Douglas Hurd ("Structure of Broadcasting") [operation of the IBA] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 20 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("External Television Broadcasting") [reallocate some of BBC's grant-in-aid to get the service off the ground] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 21 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Charles Powell minute to Howe PS ("External Television Broadcasting") [MT thinks Howe's proposals would give BBC an unfair advantage] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Nov 29 Su	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Douglas Hurd ("External Television Broadcasting") [modest investment justified as part of information effort overseas] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Michael Darlow letter to MT ("Independent Television Producers") [have had to break off talks with ITV companies] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 8 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Dennis Walker ("The Broadcasting Scene in the US and Canada") [report of Renton's visit] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to David Norgrove ("Independent Television Producers") [no case at this stage for government to intervene in negotiations] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 11 Fr	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Independent Television Producers") [negotiations have broken down] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 15 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Michael Darlow letter to MT ("Independent Television Producers") [agreement reached with BBC] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 15 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Subscription Television") [worst of all words would be to grant existing channels the right to use subscription] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Young PS minute to Hurd PS ("Independent Television Producers") [government should not intervene in negotiations] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 16 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Cabinet Office working paper ("Subscription Television") [running a fifth channel] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 22 Tu	Declassified documents	Minor	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Hurd PS letter to Michael Darlow ("Independent Access Steering Committee") [Hurd considering state of negotiations] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 23 We	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to David Norgrove ("Structure of Broadcasting") [IBA resources, networking system] [declassified Feb 2016]
87 Dec 26 Sa	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: Thames TV letter to Brian Griffiths ("The Structure of Broadcasting") [oversight of broadcasting content] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 3 Tu	Declassified documents	Major	Archive (TNA)	Broadcasting: No.10 conversation record (MT-Chairman of British Satellite Broadcasting) [BSB seeking assurance that further extra-terrestrial channels would not be operational before 1995; MT declined to promise] [declassified Feb 2016]

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